Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury, imprisonment, destruction. The businessman's tool is values; the bureaucrat's tool is fear.

Paper is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims. Watch for the day when it bounces, marked: 'Account Overdrawn.'

I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself.

What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus physical coercion or compulsion.

Don't think. Believe. Trust your heart, not your brain. Don't think. Feel. Believe.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.